Shigeru Yamashita earned his B.E. (1993), M.E. (1995), and Ph.D. (2001) degrees in Information Science from Kyoto University. He is now a Professor at the College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University. His work in computer science has resulted in numerous publications in quantum computing and digital systems design; memberships, including Senior Member of IEEE and IEICE, and member of ACM and IPSJ; and awards, including the 2000 IEEE CAS Society Best Paper Award and multiple SASIMI Outstanding Paper Awards. Previously, Dr. Yamashita served as Associate Professor at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2003-2009) and Visiting Professor at National Institute of Informatics (2012-2017), following his industrial research career at NTT Communication Science Laboratories (1995-2003) and ERATO Quantum Computation project (2000-2003). His research interests include: quantum circuit design, Boolean function optimization, quantum state manipulation, and applications of quantum computing to biochemical experiments and microfluidic systems.